TY  - RPRT
AB  - The ability to assess and demonstrate organizational performance (the ability of an organization to use its resources efficiently and to produce outputs that are consistent with its objectives and relevant for its users) is a key issue in many agricultural research organizations. This Research Management Guideline introduces to an audience of research managers and research institute staff the main concepts underlying performance evaluation of organizations, and the methods and procedures for implementing the Organizational Performance Assessment System (OPAS) for agricultural research organizations. OPAS has been developed and refined over the years by the ISNAR in close collaboration with national agricultural research partners in developing countries. A rapid and cost-effective method, OPAS represents a shift in perspective from an externally driven evaluation of programs or projects, often done for the benefit of outsiders, to an internally driven assessment, aimed at improving performance and accountability. The OPAS evaluates performance at two levels: it reviews the productivity of organizational outputs, and it addresses crucial internal management issues that affect performance. Output assessment and management assessment are the focus of this publication.
AU  - Peterson, Warren
AU  - Gijsbers, Govert
AU  - Wilks, Michèle
DA  - 2003-06-01
DA  - 2003-06-01
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.310698
DO  - doi
ID  - 310698
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
KW  - agricultural research
KW  - assessment
KW  - human resources
KW  - management
KW  - methodology
KW  - planning
KW  - program evaluation
KW  - project appraisal
KW  - research institutes
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310698/files/An%20Organizational%20Performance%20Assessment%20System%20for%20Agricultural%20Research%20Organizations.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310698/files/An%20Organizational%20Performance%20Assessment%20System%20for%20Agricultural%20Research%20Organizations.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310698/files/An%20Organizational%20Performance%20Assessment%20System%20for%20Agricultural%20Research%20Organizations.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310698/files/An%20Organizational%20Performance%20Assessment%20System%20for%20Agricultural%20Research%20Organizations.pdf
N2  - The ability to assess and demonstrate organizational performance (the ability of an organization to use its resources efficiently and to produce outputs that are consistent with its objectives and relevant for its users) is a key issue in many agricultural research organizations. This Research Management Guideline introduces to an audience of research managers and research institute staff the main concepts underlying performance evaluation of organizations, and the methods and procedures for implementing the Organizational Performance Assessment System (OPAS) for agricultural research organizations. OPAS has been developed and refined over the years by the ISNAR in close collaboration with national agricultural research partners in developing countries. A rapid and cost-effective method, OPAS represents a shift in perspective from an externally driven evaluation of programs or projects, often done for the benefit of outsiders, to an internally driven assessment, aimed at improving performance and accountability. The OPAS evaluates performance at two levels: it reviews the productivity of organizational outputs, and it addresses crucial internal management issues that affect performance. Output assessment and management assessment are the focus of this publication.
PY  - 2003-06-01
PY  - 2003-06-01
T1  - An Organizational Performance Assessment System for Agricultural Research Organizations: Concepts, Methods, and Procedures
TI  - An Organizational Performance Assessment System for Agricultural Research Organizations: Concepts, Methods, and Procedures
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310698/files/An%20Organizational%20Performance%20Assessment%20System%20for%20Agricultural%20Research%20Organizations.pdf
Y1  - 2003-06-01
ER  -